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July 10, 2009

Let’s keep up the pressure for real reform!

The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee has released – with Senator Hagan’s support – health care reform legislation that would cover 97% of Americans at a 10-year cost of $600 billion – hundreds of billions less than an earlier proposal that did not include a public option.

The HELP committee’s proposal includes a “Community Health Insurance Option,” which would be available nationwide on day one, giving consumers the choice of a low-cost alternative to for-profit managed care.

The HELP committee bill includes an employer mandate, which would required employers to provide insurance or pay into the public plan. Unlike other proposals being considered by the Senate Finance Committee, the HELP bill would not tax employer provided benefits to pay for reform.

Call Sen. Hagan at 877-662-2889 with your thanks

After thanking Sen. Hagan for siding with the public on a public health care option, you can remind her final health care reform legislation must:

Include a public health insurance option that will bring down costs and guarantee quality affordable health care for all.

Require employers to pay their fair share to prevent them from shifting costs for their workers to taxpayers and firms that offer good benefits.

Ensure affordable coverage for pre-Medicare retirees, who cannot get affordable coverage on their own.

One Comment on “Sen. Hagan Declares Support for the Public Option”

It’s official. America and the World are now in a GLOBAL PANDEMIC. A World EPIDEMIC with potential catastrophic consequences for ALL of the American people. The first PANDEMIC in 41 years. And WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES will have to face this PANDEMIC with the 37th worst quality of healthcare in the developed World.

STAND READY AMERICA TO SEIZE CONTROL OF YOUR NATIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

We spend over twice as much of our GDP on healthcare as any other country in the World. And Individual American spend about ten times as much out of pocket on healthcare as any other people in the World. All because of GREED! And the PRIVATE FOR PROFIT healthcare system in America.

And while all this is going on, some members of congress seem mostly concern about how to protect the corporate PROFITS! of our GREED DRIVEN, PRIVATE FOR PROFIT NATIONAL DISGRACE. A PRIVATE FOR PROFIT DISGRACE that is in fact, totally valueless to the public health. And a detriment to national security, public safety, and the public health.

Progressive democrats the Tri-Caucus and others should stand firm in their demand for a robust government-run public option for all Americans, with all of the minimum requirements progressive democrats demanded. If congress can not pass a robust public option with at least 51 votes and all robust minimum requirements, congress should immediately move to scrap healthcare reform and request that President Obama declare a state of NATIONAL HEALTHCARE EMERGENCY! Seizing and replacing all PRIVATE FOR PROFIT health insurance plans with the immediate implementation of National Healthcare for all Americans under the provisions of HR676 (A Single-payer National Healthcare Plan For All).

Coverage can begin immediately through our current medicare system. With immediate expansion through recruitment of displaced workers from the canceled private sector insurance industry. Funding can also begin immediately by substitution of payroll deductions for private insurance plans with payroll deductions for the national healthcare plan. This is what the vast majority of the American people want. And this is what all objective experts unanimously agree would be the best, and most cost effective for the American people and our economy.

In Mexico on average people who received medical care for A-H1N1 (Swine Flu) with in 3 days survived. People who did not receive medical care until 7 days or more died. This has been the same results in the US. But 50 million Americans don’t even have any healthcare coverage. And at least 200 million of you with insurance could not get in to see your private insurance plans doctors in 2 or 3 days, even if your life depended on it. WHICH IT DOES!

If President Obama has to declare a NATIONAL STATE OF EMERGENCY to rescue the American people from our healthcare crisis, he will need all the sustained support you can give him. STICK WITH HIM! He’s doing a brilliant job.

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